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title: Characters.Count Property (Word)
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- vbawd10.chm157089794
ms.prod: word
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- Word.Characters.Count
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ms.date: 06/08/2017
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# Characters.Count Property (Word)

Returns the number of characters in the  **Characters** collection. Read-only **Long** .


## Syntax

 _expression_ . **Count**

 _expression_ A variable that represents a **[Characters](characters-object-word.md)** collection.


## See also


#### Concepts


[Characters Collection Object](characters-object-word.md)

